Last weekend was simply a hoot. Due to scheduling difficulties I didn’t do the RGB race but rather the Allcomers race instead. This was combined with the KitCar championship round. Now previously when this has happened we all race together, but on this occasion we ran a split grid. Basically we gridded up as normal, but [...]
Archive of posts tagged Cooling
Cool Runnings!…. at Brands Hatch
Forgive the blatant mis quote of the Jamaican Bobsleigh Team, but I’m very happy to report that all those hours since last November slaving away over a hot pot of polyester resin to make new air ducting body work, have not been in vain. At Brands Hot she kept cool very cool… cooler than a [...]
Finally Getting ready for Brands
Well, in the last three weeks we’ve achieved a fair bit of small but critical works, in the run up to the cars first outing at Brands next weekend.
First up I created, an actuation mechanism for the reverse system, so that I could operate it by a simple tension cable, and solenoid. I’m fairly [...]
Blimey. Never done that before!
Ok there’s been a fair bit of progress since the last post, following the succesful test of the cooling system last time round I decided that I probably no longer need a manual fan override, and that I should just probably rely on a thermostatic switch to kick the fans in and out at say [...]
WhoHoo! She Rolls and Runs :-)
I’ve made great progress today.
First up was the lefthand, side pod duct. this was still only roughly trimmed to remove the rough edges from the moulding process, so it needed trimming to fit around the radiators at the back, and the suspension mounts at the front. this takes ages to do, as you want to [...]
Close to running her up now.
Ooh, getting close to starting her now.
Much progress was made last week, the oil cooler has now been positioned next to the left hand radiator, and the oil lines appropriately rerouted, thus completing the oil circuit. This, only occurred after my customary clumsiness had seen me knock over container holding ¾ litre of engine oil [...]
Ok Lets Get back in the Game
Right, Firstly I seem to have fixed (or at least circumvented) the image loading issues with Wordpress, so I can get back in the game of updating this blog apologies for the interrupted service of late.
Secondly and more importantly watching the fist two races of the RGB season from the side of the track hasn’t [...]
Fitting up the new floors
With both floors and side channels now made, it is time to fit them to the car. So we postioned the car on the stands, and started fitting things together.
At the rear this involved reworking the radiator mounts, as the rads sit on the floor. We made the decision to actually use the radiator to [...]